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August 2012 Moms
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LNCI
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How is your night going? I'd say we're at a wonder week or something because Howell is a mess but I didn't think there was one at 14 weeks. Whatever it is, I hope it passes. I need to be bright eyed and bushy tailed to make a zillion cupcakes for my niece's birthday tomorrow.
QOTN:
Do you live where you grew up? If not do you prefer where you are or where you were? If there was somewhere between, feel free to choose that.
QOTN:
Do you live where you grew up? If not do you prefer where you are or where you were? If there was somewhere between, feel free to choose that.
Then and now. How did my boy get so big?
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We grew up in Ohio. We love it in Chicago, but since we had the baby we pretty much lost all of our friends. Like, there's nobody. We moved here because bands play here and we felt that there was more to offer our future kids, plus it's a more liberal environment, which is kind of necessary when you have two moms and "one used to be your dad" or however people will inevitably phrase it. We weren't really close to family so we didn't feel bad for moving.
Now I just feel like we're keeping Paula from her family. They may or may not want much to do with us, but they love her, which is all that matters to me. But we have next to nothing in Chicago anymore because people are awful. But in Ohio, there's some family, but who knows how many will stick around after my partner comes out as trans, and Ohio isn't the safest place for us in that regard.
I am disgusting for this but I almost wish the family reaction is negative just so I don't feel nauseous with guilt for staying here. There are equal numbers of pros and cons to staying and leaving and every day the guilt gets heavier and heavier, for both thinking of staying and thinking of leaving. I can't help but to feel like we've sort of ruined Paula's life by being out here, but it'd be just as bad if we went back.
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It is morning here but there is no LNCI at night for when I am up in the night (time difference).
I don't live where I grew up. I grew up in Kingston ON. Now I live in St. Monans Scotland. I prefer living where I did when I married DH, in Nobel ON. We lived outside of Nobel which isn't much of a town to begin with. I loved living on the water in the woods, it was beautiful and peaceful.
I don't live where I grew up. It was 2 hours from any major city....no mall, no real anything if you weren't military. If my mom hadn't gone crazy I wouldn't mind going back...to a major city. The school system is way better and kids have less to deal with. On the same token I love where we are. SW Atl has culture and more opportunity for the AA person than Mo would have. It's so rich with culture that doesn't only consist of the slave hideouts and routes.
So I live about 30 hours from where I grew up. I've lived many places I was someone who bounced around looking for the place that made me think 'Oh yea, I'm home'. I went from NE Pennsylvania to down about an from there somewhat outside Philly. Then I moved outside Boston for 2 years. Then to Charlotte, NC for about 4 months. Off to outside Oklahoma City for 7 months. Now we have been in Kansas since March. I actually moved 4 times in about a year if you ever need packing advice! I found DH in MA while he was in NC working after college and getting ready to join the army. He's definitely the 'home' I was looking for. Each place I've lived has its own special stuff PA has family and tons to do. MA has the fact you're always 45 minutes from a beach somewhere. NC had people with crazy accents. And OK and KS have been pretty low key. It's an adventure and we hope to be somewhere like Seattle next! Did I even answer the question or did I go off on a tangent? Stupid bump mobile.